Last weekJos Verstappen expressed his dissatisfaction with the pace of Lewis Hamilton 's W12 in the Brazilian Grand Prix. The former Formula 1 driver has never seen a car gain so much speed in one week so he has his doubts. In the F1-podcast of the NOS The comments of the 49-year old Verstappen sr. are discussed.

"There was some frustration about the last race, Hamilton was 27 kilometres per hour faster on the straight. Where did that come from? Then Jos Verstappen drops a bombshell via De Telegraaf in the hope that it will be picked up everywhere and also translated into English and that it will play a role in the game we were just talking about", says Louis Dekker the day after the Qatar Grand Prix.

According to the journalist of the NOS a clear trend is visible. Within Red Bull Racing and Mercedes everything possible is being done to frustrate the other. Not only do they protest at the stewards for the slightest thing, also in the media they fire at each other. "Everyone is trying to upset the other, everyone is participating and so is the father of [Max Verstappen]."

Wolff vs Horner

Christian Horner and Toto Wolff are not only team bosses, but also the captain of their own team when it comes to attacking each other in the press. According to Jan Lammers, it's not serious hate, but more part of the game."This is just... this is how life works. If you let the media and the stimuli do their thing, they are the biggest enemies of each other, but I think they are big fans of each other. They love the sport and love each other's accomplishments. Those people are much closer than you often think."

The DutchGP director makes the comparison with Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, two of the richest men in the world who actually have a lot of respect and understanding for each other. At the end of the day, Lammers thinks tempers will have calmed down. "I think that when all the dust has settled and you get an interview with Wolff and Horner, you'll have a great interview. I also don't think you should take it out of context. If you listen carefully to the English what Horner says, who just says he doesn't need to kiss the ass because that's not his function either."